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Pak. must honour obligations: Russia

By Vladimir Radyuhin

MOSCOW DEC. 2. A day before the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, begins an official visit to India, Russia's Foreign Minister, Igor Ivanov, reiterated Moscow's support for Delhi on the issue of cross-border terrorism, even as a Russian-Pakistani joint working group on terrorism met here.

Russia "shares the view that Pakistan must honour its obligations to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure on the territory under its control,'' Mr. Ivanov said in the Government-owned daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta, stressing that close cooperation of neighbouring countries was essential for resolving the problem of cross-border terrorism.

Stating that Russia also faced the threat of cross-border terrorism from Chechen terrorists based in the Pankisi Gorge in neighbouring Georgia, Mr. Ivanov expressed "understanding for India's concerns over the infiltration of groups of militants across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.''

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